February 7, 2018 - February 9, 2018
On Wednesday morning we took the dinghy into the pier to walk on the beach on the ocean side of the isthmus. The wind was whipping the waves into shore where they crashed dramatically on the rocks.
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| We followed the wooden walkway to the beach. |
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| We heard the waves crashing to shore all last night. |
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| Even washed up line can be artistic. |
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| This bronze sculpture stands above the beach on the dunes. |
Little Harbour was founded by a bronze sculptor, Randolph Johnston, who came to the area in search of a healthy and peaceful environment for his family where he could pursue his artwork. His son, Pete, now continues to create bronze sculptures.
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| We climbed these stairs to return to the harbour side of the isthmus. |
We visited the gallery which not only displays sculptures, but also provides the history of the Little Harbour and the sculptor who founded it.
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| Amazing bronze sculptures are inside the gallery. |
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| Bronze sculptures displayed around the settlement are predominately of wildlife from the area. |
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| Just what we were looking for. |
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| This is the famous Pete’s Pub “where the elite meet to eat in their bare feet”. |
After lunch at the pub, we took a dinghy ride around the harbour and observed the cave that the Johnston family lived in while they were building the foundry and a house.
Thursday dawned warm and sunny with calm winds. Perfect day to go out to play in the Abacos. We observed a boat in the harbour that had tried to go out of the channel at falling tide and was hard aground. Bob and two other groups of sailors took their dinghy out to the boat to try to help it get free to no avail . The boat would have to wait for the tide to rise to get it off the sand dune it had run aground. They will have a long wait until 2:40 pm when it will be high tide.
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| The group of boaters (including Bob) tried various techniques to get the boat off the sand, but nothing worked. |
After lunch at Pete’s Pub we waited an hour to leave the harbour at high tide. With no incidents in the harbour, we headed for Lynyard Cay to anchor out. Once we arrived I put on my snorkel gear to check the anchor. Since it was not quite buried Bob had to put the boat in reverse and tug on the anchor to set it. That worked well. I snorkeled around a bit not finding any fish, but enjoying the water. After I resting, I just had to swim some more and jumped off the side of the boat for a swim. I love the water and it has warmed up just enough.
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| Lynyard Cay is long and thin with only a few residences on the Sea of Abaco side and some beautiful beaches. |
The next morning we explored Lynyard Cay a bit in the dinghy and landed on the beautiful beach to do some shelling. We decided to take the boat to Tilloo Cay for the rest of the day. We had to pass by some ocean cuts with huge rolling waves (6-5 ft.). Bob loves seas like this - me, not so much, but they were beautiful to watch. I checked the anchor again at Tilloo Cay twice since we had to move the boat from our first anchorage because of the proximity to an underwater electric cable (oops!).
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| We were treated to a miraculous sunset that night. |
My next blog will describe our next round of adventures.
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